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The Terminal
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Directed by	Steven Spielberg
Produced by	Steven Spielberg Walter F. Parkes Laurie MacDonald
Screenplay by	Sacha Gervasi Jeff Nathanson
Story by	Andrew Niccol Sacha Gervasi
Starring	Tom Hanks Catherine Zeta-Jones Stanley Tucci Chi McBride Diego Luna
Music by	John Williams
Cinematography	Janusz Kamiński
Edited by	Michael Kahn
Production company	Amblin Entertainment Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures
Release date	June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$60 million
Box office	$219.4 million

The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who becomes stuck in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport terminal when he is denied entry into the United States and at the same time cannot return to his native country because of a military coup.

The film is partially inspired by the 18-year stay of Mehran Karimi Nasseri in Terminal 1 of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, from 1988 to 2006. After finishing his previous film Catch Me If You Can, Spielberg decided to direct The Terminal because he wanted to make another film "that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world". Due to a lack of suitable airports willing to provide their facilities for the production, an entire working set was built inside a large hangar at the LA/Palmdale Regional Airport, while most of the film's exterior shots were from the Montréal–Mirabel International Airport.

The film was released in North America on June 18, 2004 to general acclaim and commercial success, earning $77.9 million in domestic grosses and $219.4 million worldwide.

Viktor Navorski, a traveler from the nation of Krakozhia, arrives at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, only to find that his passport is suddenly no longer valid. The United States no longer recognizes Krakozhia as a sovereign nation after the outbreak of a civil war (which broke out as Viktor was onboard the flight), and Viktor is not permitted to either enter the country or return home as he is now stateless. Because of this, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes his passport and airline ticket.